Do you beleive in a life after death?

Even if you do not,if there was the remotest possibility that a life after death existed,what will you willingly give up or struggle to do in order to be happy in the next life?

I do believe in an afterlife(as most of you who know me has already heard many times).

Thank you in advance for your thoughts.


P.s.
I know I keep asking similar questions,but these are things I do think about and would appreciate your thoughts on them.

inthebox

yes:


"a continual looking forward to the eternal world is not..escapism...
but one of the things a Christian is meant to do.
It does not mean that we are to leave the present world as it is.
Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in;
aim at earth and you will get neither."
--C. S. Lewis in Mere Christianity

"Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make everyday are of such infinite importance."
--C. S. Lewis



Similar to yours, Firm

"The only difference maybe that believers accept that we have to prepare during this journey called life to be well packed for the next life."

0rphan

Hi firmbeliever

without a shadow of doubt, YES THERE IS LIFE AFTER DEATH, not the earthly life as we know it but in a spirit form.Our human body is just the clothing for this earth when we pass over it is no longer needed so is left behind, like anything that has served it's purpose we throw it away.
I know many will be saying all kinds of things on reading this statement i can only say what i know to be true having had several personal experiences over the years.
Unfortunately i'm not going to expand on this topic due to loosing my dear Mum and brother not long ago, still not quite strong enough yet but i will follow this discussion with interest, i have to close now but will leave you with one last line;

WHAT PEOPLE CANNOT SEE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND AND CONSEQUENTLY DISBELIEVE
UNTIL IT HAPPENS TO THEM..........

takecare everyone bye for now

simoneaugie

There is no death, only change and improved understanding. The afterlife is an awakening to the reality of unity. Right and wrong don't matter, only the awakening. Love is life, love does not end, but it changes.

firmbeliever

Thank you for sharing you thoughts...

spitvenom

I do not believe in an after life. I just think the after life is something our mind makes up because we can't fathom being nothing after we are dead. And If I am wrong oh well no use crying over spilled milk.

firmbeliever

Thank you for your thoughts spitvenom.

Credendovidis

In the far far past the thought of an after life made life bearable for many. Specially to those who experienced hard times. Almost all religions used that wish for an after life by turning it into the well known "carrot-on-a-stick" by including it into it's doctrine, as an incentive for it's followers to continue participating till their death.
What makes Christianity special is it's focus (through the NT) on love and forgiveness.

0rphan

i know several people who have no religious believes yet still they believe in an after life of course unless they're making it up in which case there's an awful lot of people in cloud cook-coo land having the same thoughts.......

Many people fall on hard times myself included for many years as did my parents( GOD BLESS THEIR SOULS) but at no time during my childhood or any of my five brothers and sisters upbringing do i remember them telling us a bedtime story or any other story that included the words " never mind my children it will be better in the after life" that would be going just a bit to far,..... don't you think

Be careful now no making up stories....

firmbeliever

I am not sure I understand what you are saying Orphan,about not making up stories?

I thought you said you believed in an afterlife.

0rphan

Hi firmbeliever
definiteily 100%+... so sorry reply was meant for previous post -spitvenom/credendodivis
my sincere apologies clicked on wrong reply button- tiredness and old age catching up
godbless